diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
index 7972da02ca5..9da0cadb40f 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -2715,6 +2715,7 @@ public class PerformanceEvaluation extends Configured implements Tool {
       final String blockSize = "--blockSize=";
       if(cmd.startsWith(blockSize) ) {
         opts.blockSize = Integer.parseInt(cmd.substring(blockSize.length()));
+        continue;
       }
 
       final String valueSize = "--valueSize=";